Design of a 240' through span railroad bridge: Including analysis of stresses due to concentrated wheel loads, design of individual members, and drawings showing stresses, and details
Institution: | Missouri University of Science and Technology |
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Year: | 1897 |
Record ID: | 1496630 |
Full text PDF: | http://hdl.handle.net/10355/17564 |
"The Span length will be 240' center to center of end pins. Truss to be square ended, Track straight. Live load to consist of two engines, concentrating 289 tons over a length of 104' followed by a uniform train of 2.1 tons per linear foot" – Page 1.